Shoah Week in Alberta highlighted a diversity of themes and stories
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Those engaged in Holocaust education and remembrance have seen it coming for years now, a sea change that is painful…
Books
Next up for Adam Sandler’s production company: A YA bat mitzvah novel adaptation
by Caleb Guedes-Reed (JTA) — Last month, Adam Sandler threw his daughter a star-studded bat mitzvah party. Now it looks like his production company is making…
Before WWII, Jewish mobsters kept Nazis at bay in the US — with their fists
by Howard Lovy (JTA) — The way author Michael Benson tells it, one day in 1938, New York judge and Jewish communal leader Nathan Perlman…
Marnie Bondar and Dahlia Libin: Holocaust Education and Remembrance in Calgary and beyond
by Marnie Bondar and Dahlia Libin (AJNews) – It is our honour to serve as co-chairs of Calgary Jewish Federation Holocaust and Human Rights: Remembrance…
Book Review: The Transformative Daf – Tractate Megillah by Rabbi Daniel Friedman
Reviewed by Shane Asbell (AJNews) – I had the pleasure recently of reading Rabbi Daniel Friedman’s book, The Transformative Daf, Tractate Megillah and it was…